NY Tea Partiers Join ‘Moderate’ G.O.P. Caucus

Staten Island’s Michael Grimm and Nan Hayworth of the Hudson Valley were both propelled into office this year–and fended off primary challengers–behind the strength of local Tea Party groups.

But now that they are in the House of Representatives, both freshman Republicans have joined the Republican Main Street Partnership, a group of moderates “dedicated to promoting and building a pragmatic, thoughtful, fiscally conservative, and inclusive ‘Governing Majority,'” according to their website, which, by the way…